What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5900 and 5907?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5900 and 5907 is 1.

GCF(5900,5907) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5900 and 5907, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5900 and 5907.

How to find the GCF of 5900 and 5907?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5900 and 5907. After we will calculate the factors of 5900 and 5907 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5900

Prime factors of 5900 are 2, 5, 59. Prime factorization of 5900 in exponential form is:

5900 = 2² × 5² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5907

Prime factors of 5907 are 3, 11, 179. Prime factorization of 5907 in exponential form is:

5907 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 5900

List of positive integer factors of 5900 that divides 5900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 59, 100, 118, 236, 295, 590, 1180, 1475, 2950

Step-4: Factors of 5907

List of positive integer factors of 5907 that divides 5900 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 179, 537, 1969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5900 and 5907. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5900 and 5907 is 1.

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